real Madrid Striker Kylian Mbappé scored the opening goal and set up another goal that helped the hosts overcome the mid-table side Seville 4-2 on Sunday to move into second place in La Liga and reduce the gap to Atlético Madrid to one point before the winter break.

Mbappé scored with a thunderous strike from outside the penalty area in the 10th minute before Federico Valverde gave reigning champions Real a two-goal lead from distance 10 minutes later. Rodrygo scored the third goal after a cross from Lucas Vazquez in the 34th minute.

Sevilla equalized a minute later when Isaac Romero headed home, but Brahim Diaz restored the home side’s three-goal lead in the 53rd minute when he completed a clever move after Mbappe and Vazquez combined to do so had prepared.

Sevilla scored a late goal when Dodi Lukebakio was put through in the 85th minute, but Real managed to clinch the game and moved two points ahead of Barcelona, ​​​​who are third with 38 points and following their 2-1 defeat against Atletico played one more game than the first two on Saturday.

In Serie A, Paulo Dybala scored two goals and assisted another goal Roma With a comfortable 5-0 win we are back on the right track in Serie A Parma on Sunday.

The Argentine playmaker converted an early penalty and capitalized on a rebound from Alexis Saelemaekers’ first shot early in the second half to guide Roma to only their fifth league win of the season.

Under Claudio Ranieri, Roma finally seemed to have things working out as they picked up back-to-back wins in the league and Europa League against Lecce and Sporting Braga, but last weekend they lost 2-0 at newly promoted Como.

More details will follow later games…